Just one week after registering a convincing victory, the Newport Knights football squad found itself on the opposite end of the scoreboard, courtesy of a 55-9 loss to the Eastlake Wolves on Oct. 2 at Eastlake High School in Sammamish.

The Wolves improved their overall record to 4-1 while Newport dropped to 2-3. The Knights surprised Eastlake by recovering an onside kick on the opening kickoff and bolted to a 3-0 lead when Hunter Hahnemann connected on 31 yard field goal with 7:02 left in the first quarter.

“We got what we wanted,” Oliver said of the onside kick recovery and scoring on the first drive.

However, Eastlake then scored 48 unanswered points until Newport quarterback Brandon Steinberg connected with tight end Marcus Fukutomi on a 10-yard touchdown pass with 9:47 left in regulation. The Knights turned the ball over four times via fumbles in the contest. Newport head coach Drew Oliver believes his team will do whatever it takes to learn from the loss.

“We’ve got to get way better. There is no two ways about it. We’re going to keep at it and we are just going to keep working to get better,” Oliver said.

The Knights will face the Issaquah Eagles in a Class 4A KingCo matchup at 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at Gary Moore Field in Issaquah.

“It is not about them, it is about us. We got to clean up a lot of stuff and we got to take pride in our execution,” he said.

Shaun Scott: 425-453-5045; sscott@issaquahreporter.com